Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 22 Jul
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I saw it was hopeless to reason with him.
So contented myself with begging him as a personal favorite
To call me up the next time the spectre appeared.
A request was
to which he acceded with many ejaculations expressive of his hope.
That such an opportunity might never arise.
As I hope
The white desert behind us was
has become broken by many thin streaks of water which intersect it in all directions.
Our latitude today is
was eighty degrees fifty two minutes north.
Which shows that there's a strong southerly drift upon the pack.
Should the wind continue favorable, it will break up as rapidly as it formed.
At present we can do nothing but
But smoke and wait and hope for the best.
I am rapidly becoming a fatalist.
When dealing with such uncertain factors as wind and ice, a man can be nothing else.
Perhaps it was the wind and sand of the Arabian deserts which gave the minds of the original followers of Mohammed their tendency to bow to Kismet.
These spectral alarms have a very bad effect upon the captain.
I feared that it might excite his sensitive mind and endeavored to conceal the absurd story from him.
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